Gongshu Wu: "???"
Gong Cheng shouted even louder, "Who's hiding outside and eavesdropping?"
With that, he sprinted forward and leaped onto a nearby artificial hill. He pushed off with his toes, vaulted over the courtyard wall, and thrust out the long sword in his hand without the slightest mercy. Worried Gong Cheng might get hurt, Gongshu Wu leaped after him. The moment he landed, he saw his nephew fighting a masked man.
Though he had let his swordsmanship grow rusty, Gong Cheng was still no match for an ordinary petty thief. Who would have thought this little thief had some real skill? He was as nimble as an eel, slippery as could be. Gong Cheng's sword missed him several times, and the man's movements always defied his expectations.
At that moment, Gongshu Wu shouted, "Stop!"
Gong Cheng obeyed without thinking.
The masked thief stopped as well.
Only then did Gong Cheng realize this masked little thief probably wasn't a thief at all, but a companion of that righteous hero, Gongshu Wu. He hesitated for just an instant, then sheathed his sword. The masked thief smiled and pulled down his face covering, revealing a face he had never expected to see.
"Banbu!"
Shen Tang smiled and walked toward Gongshu Wu.
Gongshu Wu shook his head helplessly and reminded her, "Wu Lang, next time, you mustn't do something so easily misunderstood—"
Young Master Shen had even imitated a cuckoo's call.
Badly, too. It hadn't sounded anything like one!
"So it's my wife's elder brother!"
Gong Cheng's words struck like a thunderbolt!
Gongshu Wu was so startled by what he said that he forgot what he had been about to say. The tall, burly man froze on the spot.
Shen Tang: "...Ha, hahaha, Brother Yun Chi, good to see you."
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